Cape Cod Sheriff's Office Recruit Charged With Attempted Murder

HARWICH, MA — A cadet in the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office recruit training academy has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after being charged with armed assault to murder.

Tatiana Jacobs, 26, of Hyannis, faces the charge for her involvement in the stabbing of a 33-year-old man in Chatham on Sunday.

Around 8:14 p.m. Sunday, Troopers with the Massachusetts State Police were dispatched to Route 6 eastbound around mile marker 82 in Harwich for a report of a party that had fallen out of a vehicle.

Upon arriving on scene, troopers observed a man laying on his back with "a large pool of reddish-brown substance around him," the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office said.

It was determined that the victim was suffering from multiple injuries to his upper body, and he was transported by medflight to a Boston area hospital for treatment.

The initial investigation revealed earlier that same evening, at approximately 7:54 p.m. in the town of Barnstable, officers were dispatched to a reported disturbance of a man and woman fighting in a parking lot.

Upon arrival, officers spoke to witnesses who reported that the two individuals who were fighting had left the scene. Officers observed a vehicle in the parking lot that had a smashed windshield and all four tires flattened. The tires appeared to have been flattened due to slice or puncture marks in the tires with a sharp object.

The vandalized vehicle belongs to the victim found in Harwich, officials said.

Jacobs was arraigned in the Orleans District Court on Monday on the charges of armed assault to murder. Jacobs was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Friday in the Orleans District Court.